SINGLE REVIEW: FMLH (Full Moon Little House) – 77 Echoes
Video
I don’t normally comment on music videos — they rarely influence how I hear a track — but the visual world of ‘77 Echoes’ is impossible to ignore. It’s striking, unsettling, and genuinely affecting, pairing the song’s themes with a poetic metaphor of war, ecological collapse, and eventual rebirth.
The imagery is powerful from the outset: a black deer wandering a desolate forest meets a red-clad soldier, the two figures clashing in a near-mythic juxtaposition. The soldier represents bloodshed; the deer the devastation of a fallen natural world. Their glowing eyes, skeletal hints, and the soldier’s later transformation — turning black, crawling with a macabre, insect-ridden texture — make the narrative feel deeply uneasy.
The death of both deer and soldier lands with particular force. Barbed wire, barren land, and destroyed trees paint a vivid portrait of conflict and the damage it inflicts. It’s bleak, stark, and harrowing.
But the cycle doesn’t end there. From the wreckage comes regrowth — flowers blooming, colours returning, the forest re-establishing itself piece by piece. The palette shifts from monochrome to vibrancy, an intentional pivot from devastation to renewal. By the end, the forest stands reborn, leaving destruction as a fading memory. It’s artful, direct, and emotionally resonant.
Song
The track itself shuffles in with an almost sparkling energy, only to settle into a harrowing, progressive melody that mirrors the emotional arc of the visuals. There’s something dark, macabre, and somber running through its foundations. Synths pulse gently, guitars thicken the air, and the drums grumble beneath everything like distant thunder.
The vocals are a standout — gritty yet arty, delivered with a conviction that makes the emotion feel immediate rather than abstract. They handle the heavy themes with sincerity but without overstepping into melodrama. It’s powerful but understated, allowing the feelings behind the song to sit front and centre.
By the midpoint, everything swells into a wall of noise — a chaotic, improvised-feeling burst with a jazz-adjacent looseness and a progressive edge. It’s overwhelming in the right way, capturing a sense of spiralling tension. When the piano arrives, there’s a brief sense of warmth, a flash of brightness before tribal drums begin to pulse and drive the track into its final form.
The last stretch grows louder, rawer, more abrasive. Guitars scream with angular riffs before everything collapses into silence, leaving a lingering heaviness in the air.
Final Thoughts
‘77 Echoes’ isn’t an easy watch or an easy listen — nor is it meant to be. Both the song and the video confront their themes with unflinching honesty. It’s a poignant reflection on conflict, destruction, and the fragile possibility of renewal. Harsh, brave, artful, and deeply human, it’s not a track for the faint-hearted, but it is one that deserves your attention.
